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... naval officer and pioneer aviator Richard Eve- lyn Byrd is simultaneously one of the greatest and one of the most controversial figures in polar exploration . He is contro- versial because there are very real doubts about whether he did ...
... naval officer and pioneer aviator Richard Eve- lyn Byrd is simultaneously one of the greatest and one of the most controversial figures in polar exploration . He is contro- versial because there are very real doubts about whether he did ...
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... naval officers , many of whom resented his fast - track , " political " promotions while he was not even on the active list . Byrd's brother , Senator Harry Byrd , was chairman of the Senate Finance Committee , a man who had ...
... naval officers , many of whom resented his fast - track , " political " promotions while he was not even on the active list . Byrd's brother , Senator Harry Byrd , was chairman of the Senate Finance Committee , a man who had ...
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... Naval Institute Press . Reed , J. C. , and A. G. Ronhovde . 1971. Arctic Laboratory : a history ( 1947-1966 ) of the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory at Point Barrow , Alaska . Washington , DC : Arctic Institute of North America ...
... Naval Institute Press . Reed , J. C. , and A. G. Ronhovde . 1971. Arctic Laboratory : a history ( 1947-1966 ) of the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory at Point Barrow , Alaska . Washington , DC : Arctic Institute of North America ...
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Entries Listed in Chronological Order | xi |
Contents | xii |
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Amundsen Antarctic expedition Antarctic Exploration Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Arctic Ocean attempt August Baffin Island Barents Barrow Beechey Bellingshausen Bering Strait Bernier Biscoe Borchgrevink Bouvet Bouvet Island British Bylot Byrd Cabot Cape Captain Charcot claim Cook crew Davis days later Deception Island discovered discovery dogs East Greenland Edward Ellesmere Island Ellsworth Enderby established expedition's farther north February flight Franklin Franz Josef Land Frobisher further reading Geographical George Gerlache Greenland Ice Shelf Inuit James Clark January John journey King Larsen Located London meters miles mountains named Nansen navigator Nordenskjöld North Pole Northeast northern Northwest Passage Norway Norwegian Parry party Peary polar exploration reached References and further region River Roald Russian sailed scientific Scott sealer seals Shackleton ship sledging Sound South Pole South Shetland Islands southern Spitsbergen station survey Svalbard tion vessel Victoria Land visited voyage Weddell Sea west coast whaling William winter Zemlya